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Avick
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First Custom CMS Website - 8/23/2008 5:43:24
Just nearing completion of my first complete custom CMS based website (Only minor changed to work on).
The site was built using Joomla 1.5
Any feedback would be nice.
http://shanowenfiles.ie
It was a very intense project with a large learning curve. But I think the effort paid off.
Some features in the site I don’t like but it’s what the client wanted (like the header) but what can you do)
This was the most difficult client I have ever had to deal with.
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RE: First Custom CMS Website - 8/24/2008 11:15:16
Not keen on the fixed width causing a scrollbar at 800px. But apart from that - there are a load of coding errors and inline styles?
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RE: First Custom CMS Website - 8/24/2008 12:32:12
I had noticed quote:
Valid XHTML and CSS on the front page, but the page doesn't validate - but then again I haven't used Joomla, although I am thinking of shifting one big site to it in future. Is this a common occurrence with CMS still?
Otherwise, I have seen worse headers and I think that the site looks good - which is more than I can say for the London presentation in the closing ceremony at Beijing.
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Avick
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RE: First Custom CMS Website - 8/27/2008 5:31:51
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on the front page, but the page doesn't validate - but then again I haven't used Joomla, although I am thinking of shifting one big site to it in future. Is this a common occurrence with CMS still?
It works out the base template I was using dose not validate out of the box.
I tried it on another test site without changing anything and you get a validation error.
I have since removed the validation tags until I sort this out.
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At 768x1024 "Introducing the New HSF Cover .." on the home page wraps. Also, the Navigation area (Products & Services) seems too subdued in relation to the rest of the page.
This is now gone in favor of the HSE logo on the right side of the site. Clicking this will bring you to the same place.
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Tailslide
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RE: First Custom CMS Website - 10/1/2008 2:33:10
Not keen on the use of tables... not necessary.
Also would prefer to see a fluid or elastic width as I get a scrollbar at under about 950px wide.
I'd add in a focus and active effect alongside the hover effect for all links to aid accessibility.
The only other thing I'd point out is that there's an awful lot of divs in there that seem unnecessary. The more divs you add, the more complex it is to maintain. For example - for the sidebar navigation you've got 4 divs around the list when in fact you probably don't need any at all - just an id or class on the list itself and on the heading tag.
Using too many unnecessary divs is nearly as bad as using tables for layout - ideally you want to use the absolute bare minimum. It's lighter weight, easier to maintain (less likely that you scrub a closing tag by mistake for instance) and much much easier to predict the effect on the cascade for styling.
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